Raytheon secures work to develop AI for defence

Published on August 10, 2024

Raytheon, part of RTX, has been awarded two Mentor-Protégé agreements by the Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs to help advance operational Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a company press release.

The initiatives, supported by NAVAIR and the Office of Naval Research, aim to integrate AI into defence systems to improve decision-making capabilities.

Over the next three years, Raytheon will collaborate with two small businesses, Anacapa Micro Products, Inc. and Nara Logics, Inc., focusing on system design, software architecture, and systems integration, as well as addressing IT security and compliance requirements.

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